[libtorrent] What happens to DNS when a proxy is set?

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sledgehammer999

2017-03-09 01:04:29 UTC

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Does it go through the proxy? Is there an option that controls it? Does the
type of the proxy matter?

Arvid Norberg

2017-03-09 01:58:54 UTC

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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:04 PM, sledgehammer999 <

Post by sledgehammer999
Does it go through the proxy? Is there an option that controls it? Does the
type of the proxy matter?

yes, yes and yes :)

http://libtorrent.org/reference-Settings.html#proxy_hostnames

if true, hostname lookups are done via the configured proxy (if any). This

Post by sledgehammer999
is only supported by SOCKS5 and HTTP.

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sledgehammer999

2017-03-09 02:46:35 UTC

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Hmm somehow I have missed that. Then can you take a look at this? :
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/6486
Do you have any idea what is happening?
User has tried with both SOCKS4 and SOCKS5. qbt doesn't touch
"proxy_hostnames" so it should be true in the user's case.
PS: He's using 1.0.11

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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:04 PM, sledgehammer999 <

Post by sledgehammer999
Does it go through the proxy? Is there an option that controls it? Does

the

Post by sledgehammer999
type of the proxy matter?

yes, yes and yes :)
http://libtorrent.org/reference-Settings.html#proxy_hostnames
if true, hostname lookups are done via the configured proxy (if any). This

Post by sledgehammer999
is only supported by SOCKS5 and HTTP.

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sledgehammer999

2017-03-09 02:47:26 UTC

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Oh I forgot to mention the v3.3.10 is using 1.0.10+git

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https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/6486
Do you have any idea what is happening?
User has tried with both SOCKS4 and SOCKS5. qbt doesn't touch
"proxy_hostnames" so it should be true in the user's case.
PS: He's using 1.0.11

Post by Arvid Norberg
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:04 PM, sledgehammer999 <

Post by sledgehammer999
Does it go through the proxy? Is there an option that controls it? Does

the

Post by sledgehammer999
type of the proxy matter?

yes, yes and yes :)
http://libtorrent.org/reference-Settings.html#proxy_hostnames
if true, hostname lookups are done via the configured proxy (if any). This

Post by sledgehammer999
is only supported by SOCKS5 and HTTP.